William Hooker
Hard Time CD (Squealer 026) 1998
With the songs: "Computer Glasses", "Lincoln's Microchip",
"Abandoned", "Cloning (the Self)", "The T.V. Wall", "Robot Driver"
and "Slaughtered Lambs".
William Hooker-Drums Donald Miller-Guitar Doug Walker-Synthesizer
Jesse Henry-Guitar Richard Keene-Sax
Squealer Music is proud to be associated with improvisational
drummer extraordinaire William Hooker. Recorded live at CBGB's
in New York City on August 16, 1994 and December 1, 1995, Hard
Time is an intense document of Hooker's powerful ensemble of the
time, which included Jesse Henry, Doug Walker, Richard Keene,
and Donald Miller, a member of Borbetomagus and Lhasa Cement Plant.
From the opening strains of "Computer Glasses", Hooker and the
band set off on a journey that will leave the listener gasping
for breath. The enormity of the sound is stunning; Hooker sounds
like a man possessed, and his occasional agonized shouts only
amplify the fact that this is an artist pushing himself to his
limits. The band picks up on the lead, and their melodic maelstrom
is the lid blowing off the pressure cooker. Steam heat, indeed.
William Hooker plays freely improvised music that is unlimited
in it's scope. He is a tireless performer who is willing to venture
into a variety of experimental situations to give expression to
his abstractions. This wide ranging experimentation has taken
him from Alice Tully Hall at New York's Lincoln Center, to the
(literal) basements of the meat-packing district and collaborations
with turntable experimentalist DJ Olive at the Cooler. Hooker
has released albums on some of the most adventurous record labels
in the world, including Silkheart, Ecstatic Peace, Homestead,
Knitting Factory Works and Table of the Elements. He has performed
in the company of some of improvised music's greatest players:
William Parker, Thurston Moore, David Murray, David S. Ware, Lee
Ranaldo, Thomas Chapin, D.J. Spooky, Marc Ribot, Billy Bang and
many, many more.
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